Having come up with a preliminary design for a deck using software I found on-line, I concluded that the information it made available was not adequate for filing a building permit, so I took a look at Sketchup, which I had heard was simple and free.

Well, apparently the free version is a browser-only version. That’s not an issue, except that the useful tools for deck design are extensions and those don’t seem to be available for the browser-only version.1)Note that I said ‘seem’; I could be wrong, but I couldn’t find any useful information on the subject. As is so often the case, on-line help I found was outdated. And given what I saw in the interface, I decided I’d be better served investing my time in reacquainting myself with a much more useful tool I’ve used in the past.

So I installed Blender. Now, I have to relearn how to use it!

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↑1 Note that I said ‘seem’; I could be wrong, but I couldn’t find any useful information on the subject. As is so often the case, on-line help I found was outdated.